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Trichostema lanatum

Trichostema lanatum

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Shrub
Growth—

Trichostems lanatum is a xerophytic plant that is adapted to the dry, rainless summers and moist to wet winters of California’s Mediterranean climate[1]. It does not grow well in more humid climates[2]. Requires a sunny position in a well-drained soil.

Propagation

Seed - sow early to mid spring in containers in a sunny position in a greenhouse. Prick out the seedlings inoo individual pots and grow on until large enough to plant out. In Mediterranean type climates this can often be done in the autumn, otherwise grow the plants on in the greenhouse until late in the following spring, planting out after the last expected frosts. Cuttings of half-ripe wood, takien in early autumn and grown in a greenhouse[2]. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Trichostema+lanatum>

Pollinators

Bees

References

  1. [1]Plants Database — United States Department of Agriculture · http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet ↩︎An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants.
  2. [2]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
  3. [3]A California Flora. — Munz P.A. & Keck D.D. · University of California Press; Los Angeles · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent flora but no pictures. Not for the casual reader.
  4. [4]Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West — Moore M. · Museum of New Mexico Press; Santa Fe · 2003 · ISBN 0-89013-454-5 ↩︎Detailed information on the medicinal uses of around 150 species of plants from the Rocky Mountains of N. America. An excellent, detailed publication, written in a style that connects the writer to his readers.
  5. [5]Native American Ethnobotany — Moerman. D. · Timber Press. Oregon. · 1998 · ISBN 0-88192-453-9 ↩︎Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.